Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

It doesn't smell eucalyptusy

No odor at all? I guess you use what is available. I remember growing up with trees like those all around. Became a pretty strong scent

 

[Ribh]

No odor at all? I guess you use what is available. I remember growing up with trees like those all around. Became a pretty strong scent

Not once they're dead. The scent you get on super hot days when the sun releases the oils. It's also why they can self ignite.

 

[Scrambles83]

Not once they're dead. The scent you get on super hot days when the sun releases the oils. It's also why they can self ignite.

They are very dead and yes, no smell. If we get any super hot days (doubting it for the bit of summer left) I’ll hose it all down I guess.
Thanks @Ribh

 

[Ribh]

They are very dead and yes, no smell. If we get any super hot days (doubting it for the bit of summer left) I’ll hose it all down I guess.
Thanks @Ribh

You dont have to worry about the oil in dead leaves.

 

[RoyalChick]

Not once they're dead. The scent you get on super hot days when the sun releases the oils. It's also why they can self ignite.

So in Australia it is both the flora and the fauna that is out to get you? Self-igniting trees with drop bears sounds terrifying!

 

[Ribh]

So in Australia it is both the flora and the fauna that is out to get you? Self-igniting trees with drop bears sounds terrifying!

Well... we don't have poison ivy...

 

[RoyalChick]

Well... we don't have poison ivy...

Oh yes. That is nasty stuff.

 

[Scrambles83]

You dont have to worry about the oil in dead leaves.

Awesome, I got paranoid with your last post and envisioned a dry leaf, self ignition disaster of my doing

3 happy girls

A size comparison shot of Snow (16 weeks) and Bok (3 years, ISA).
Are Light Sussex always so huge?
Could she be a cross with a bigger breed?

Preening party before bed.

I sat out with them tonight for a half hour before they went to bed, needed the serenity. They delivered, just loved spending some quality time with them. Been harder to do since school started again after Xmas

 

[Ribh]

Awesome, I got paranoid with your last post and envisioned a dry leaf, self ignition disaster of my doing

3 happy girls

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A size comparison shot of Snow (16 weeks) and Bok (3 years, ISA).
Are Light Sussex always so huge?
Could she be a cross with a bigger breed?
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Preening party before bed.
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I sat out with them tonight for a half hour before they went to bed, needed the serenity. They delivered, just loved spending some quality time with them. Been harder to do since school started again after Xmas

Sussex are big birds.

 

[Scrambles83]

Sussex are big birds.

Good to know she’s not abnormal
She’s beautiful and fluffy, I wish she’d willingly let me pat her!
I think she will lay well before Belle too, her comb and wattles are a smidge bigger than Belle’s. Belle has grown a lot too, but I think she’s slower at doing so. I look at @BY Bob’s Hattie and think if Belle is in fact a jubilee orp, I’ve got 2 big ol girls on my hands!
Sorry for the novel, just feel chicken chatty